Overview

• Kerala authorities acknowledged a two-year-old departmental probe that froze increments for three officers, while a criminal case against four accused is now before the Kunnamkulam First Class Magistrate Court.
• A viral station CCTV clip showing Youth Congress worker V.S. Sujit being beaten drew condemnation from MP Shashi Tharoor, who pressed the state government and home department for immediate action.
• Delhi Police said CCTV captured a suspect in the Red Fort kalash theft during a Jain ceremony and stated the person has been identified as investigators pursue the case.
• The stolen kalash reportedly contains about 760 grams of gold with roughly 150 grams of diamonds, rubies and emeralds, giving it an estimated value near ₹1 crore.
• In separate public-safety incidents, a four-storey collapse in Jaipur killed a father and his six-year-old daughter with rescues ongoing, Saharanpur police arrested two over an Aug. 26 fair stabbing with one suspect still at large, and Jamui police reported four officers injured in a mob attack during a liquor raid.